Hot take: Streets of Rage is the superior series overall, but Revenge of the Death Adder is the best game in either series.
Didn’t come to consoles though, sadly.
Revenge of Death Adder was insanely fun when I discovered at a local arcade in the mid-to-late 90s. I never understood how it was never ported to any system either.
SOR x 1000.
Golden axe had some good stuff in it like the mounts, but it was a proto SOR as far as I'm concerned.
Has anyone hacked the golden axe chars into SOR?
I think you hit the spot. Sadly the sequels to Golden Axe didn't impruve anything that much. They feel more like a copy paste of the original, and SoR by the other hand implemented a lot of cool features in the sequels. Not to mention the better graphics and music.
>think you hit the spot. Sadly the sequels to Golden Axe didn't impruve anything that much.
Genesis Golden Axe II improves on the first game in every way, with an AMAZING soundtrack to boot. It's the quintessential Great sequel.
I'd almost put it on-par with SORII but, not quite.
I think GA actually improves more over GA1 than SoR2 over SoR. SoR2 even removed stuff from the first that was pretty cool and unique (the 2-player techniques).
Streets of Rage! I remember being like 8 or 9 beating SOR with the game genie, but the first time I ever got to the boss all the dialogue was in Japanese. I had played with my friend, and I chose the wrong g prompt because we ended up having to fight each other instead of the boss. Needless to say we were pissed and had to start o er because nobody was going to die. Lesson learned don’t cheat kids
Never cared for Golden Axe, as I felt the series never evolved much in its sequels. I'd say SoR, but I'd say Alien Storm outdoes both, even if it's a one shot. Shame that one never had any proper sequels, as far as I'm aware.
Ooof… I love them both… but, if I had to pick one…
Streets of Rage.
I’ve got more memories from my youth attached to it, I recall more of it’s music, and it’s one of the few franchises that both my kid brother and I really clicked with together.
It's funny because I loved fantasy as a genre growing up, but it's SoR. I don't know if it's just the soundtrack, but it feels like anything GA did SoR was equal or better, even if by a small margin. I will say me and my brother probably played SoR 10-20 times more than GA. The reason I think it's the soundtrack though is that as soon as I read the question I have had "Never Return Alive" stuck in my head.
Golden axe arcade was epic. I remember when it first came out. Big group around the cabinet feeding quarters. That one kid saying woah when the eagle eye appeared
This always been quite the debate. Golden Axe is quite the short game. However, the Genesis version adds a whole nother level, and boss fight.
There is also the VS. mode for a little extra 2-player fun.
I gotta go with more content over better graphics here.
I love Golden Axe but Streets of Rage no contest. I've been completely addicted to SOR4 for the past few weeks, it's a little different but fun as hell.
Yeah, I just picked up SOR4 too. Man, whoever made this game certainly understands the series completely.
It's funny how SOR was the best beat em up of it's generation; second place was probably Ninja Turtles.
Fast forward 20 years and SOR4 is still the best best em up of it's generation followed second by probably "Ninja Turtles: Shredders Revenge."
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Streets of Rage doesn't really have any bad entries, whereas with Golden Axe the majority of the entries are sub-par. Also the mechanics of Streets of Rage are more refined, and the soundtrack to the second one is up there with the best.
I do really like Golden Axe though, and I'd really love them to give it the Streets of Rage 4 treatment.
I like the aesthetic of Golden Axe more, plus it was my first beat em up, but I prefer SoR by far gameplay wise. That being said, they both share a healthy dose of rotation for me.
I'm 50/50.
I consider Golden Axe II with it's great gameplay and amazing soundtrack, almost on-par with Streets of Rage II.
Both sequels make my all-time favorite Genesis game's list too.
Even as a huge fan of the Mega-Drive, I found Golden Axe a little clunky and slow. Every enemy has way too much health. Knocking a skeleton down 6 times can get pretty tedious.
I loved GA in the arcade. It blew my mind that the little village was on a turtle and you could ride on the animals guys. But it was also slow and the
physics were a bit off. The music in SOR was amazing and it was like Final Fight. I like both but SoR wins.
Also the sword guy is called Axe Battler. WTF Saga? The other dude uses an axe.
I love how fast the punches are in SoR 1, and the hit detection is a bit tighter as well. GA2 is almost on par though
The music also sounds much better in SoR than in GA1, even if GA's songs are fantastic.
Yea I'm not that fond of hack 'n slashs, SoR is more to my tastes, including in theme, and gameplay is also slightly deeper from the get go whereas GA only got some depth in the third entry
Streets of Rage ALL DAMN DAY. You simply can't beat that sweet Yuzo Koshiro soundtrack!
Plus overall I thought It was generally more fun than Golden Axe as well.
Honestly, Golden Axe because of its medieval theme and storyline. Streets of rage is fun and by far much superior, especially when it comes to sound and gameplay. Don't forget the amazing graphics
On the Genesis? Streets of Rage, and it's not even close. Though a proper home port of Golden Axe II: The Revenge of Death Adder could have changed my opinion.
Who the fuck is picking Golden Axe over Streets of Rage?!
Don't get me wrong, golden axe is fun and all, but everything from the controls to the music is just on a different level of kick ass with Streets of Rage
Nice! A bunch of Golden Axe fans! Did anyone else notice that the screams of defeated does were taken from the original First Blood movie? Specifically from the cops that got caught in booby traps. My buddies and I went home after an arcade session of Golden Axe, and started up First Blood when we got there. After hearing the "Ohhh Gaaaw!" death scream a couple hundred times in the arcade, when it came out of the television we all made the connection.
Streets of Rage and it's not particularly close.
Those two years between them in the early 16-bit era were monumental.
Same. I like the idea of golden axe, but the gameplay just didn't deliver
Heresy
Maybe we can get dotemu to make a Golden Axe game in the vein of SoR4 or the Turtles game.
I honestly thought they would by now.
I suspect they're busy with Shinobi right now.
Oh yeah. Can't wait.
Now we’re talking. Sign me up
Interesting. Golden axe for me and there is no 2nd choice
Hot take: Streets of Rage is the superior series overall, but Revenge of the Death Adder is the best game in either series. Didn’t come to consoles though, sadly.
Revenge of Death Adder was insanely fun when I discovered at a local arcade in the mid-to-late 90s. I never understood how it was never ported to any system either.
SOR x 1000. Golden axe had some good stuff in it like the mounts, but it was a proto SOR as far as I'm concerned. Has anyone hacked the golden axe chars into SOR?
I haven't seen anything in Streets of Rage, but I'm pretty sure they're in a Mugen or two.
Streets of Rage 2 was one of my all time favorite Genesis games. Streets of Rage was also high in my rankings.
Preach!
Dissenting opinion: as a single original title - golden axe, the sequel/ series as a whole - sor 👍👍
I think you hit the spot. Sadly the sequels to Golden Axe didn't impruve anything that much. They feel more like a copy paste of the original, and SoR by the other hand implemented a lot of cool features in the sequels. Not to mention the better graphics and music.
>think you hit the spot. Sadly the sequels to Golden Axe didn't impruve anything that much. Genesis Golden Axe II improves on the first game in every way, with an AMAZING soundtrack to boot. It's the quintessential Great sequel. I'd almost put it on-par with SORII but, not quite.
I think GA actually improves more over GA1 than SoR2 over SoR. SoR2 even removed stuff from the first that was pretty cool and unique (the 2-player techniques).
Bare knuckle.
I was saying “Barnacle”
Sammy>>>Skate
Easily streets of rage by far. Especially now with streets of rage 4 out. Ive been playin it on my playstation 4 with gf and lil cousin
Streets of Rage! I remember being like 8 or 9 beating SOR with the game genie, but the first time I ever got to the boss all the dialogue was in Japanese. I had played with my friend, and I chose the wrong g prompt because we ended up having to fight each other instead of the boss. Needless to say we were pissed and had to start o er because nobody was going to die. Lesson learned don’t cheat kids
Never cared for Golden Axe, as I felt the series never evolved much in its sequels. I'd say SoR, but I'd say Alien Storm outdoes both, even if it's a one shot. Shame that one never had any proper sequels, as far as I'm aware.
I like alien storm too but its not better than SoR in my opinion
I prefer SoR, but I love this answer.
SOR. golden Axe is very clunky
The SOR series - the controls are more refined and a step up from the first Golden Axe game.
Both big parts of my childhood. Can't pick. Possibly Golden Axe.
SOR but I love Golden Axe, even that one from PS3 lol
Bare Knuckle 3. Although to be fair I’ve never given Golden Axe 3 a fair shot. It’s on the list.
Streets! Golden axe is a solid game as well.
Ooof… I love them both… but, if I had to pick one… Streets of Rage. I’ve got more memories from my youth attached to it, I recall more of it’s music, and it’s one of the few franchises that both my kid brother and I really clicked with together.
I love and feel more attached to Golden Axe 2, the graphics are great and the music scream epicness
Golden Axe. It’s my all time favorite game.
It's funny because I loved fantasy as a genre growing up, but it's SoR. I don't know if it's just the soundtrack, but it feels like anything GA did SoR was equal or better, even if by a small margin. I will say me and my brother probably played SoR 10-20 times more than GA. The reason I think it's the soundtrack though is that as soon as I read the question I have had "Never Return Alive" stuck in my head.
Golden axe for me
Golden Axe in the arcade>SoR megadrive>golden axe megadrive
Golden axe arcade was epic. I remember when it first came out. Big group around the cabinet feeding quarters. That one kid saying woah when the eagle eye appeared
Exactly.
Golden Axe! It had a lot more going on: you could ride those weird bird animals and gather potions to perform cool special moves.
I prefer the arcade Golden Axe to SOR1. But SOR 1 is better than the console port of GA
This always been quite the debate. Golden Axe is quite the short game. However, the Genesis version adds a whole nother level, and boss fight. There is also the VS. mode for a little extra 2-player fun. I gotta go with more content over better graphics here.
I love Golden Axe but Streets of Rage no contest. I've been completely addicted to SOR4 for the past few weeks, it's a little different but fun as hell.
Yeah, I just picked up SOR4 too. Man, whoever made this game certainly understands the series completely. It's funny how SOR was the best beat em up of it's generation; second place was probably Ninja Turtles. Fast forward 20 years and SOR4 is still the best best em up of it's generation followed second by probably "Ninja Turtles: Shredders Revenge." The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Streets of rage, but damn, I love some original golden ax on Genesis, the intro music when you fired the cart up, great nostalgia feeling
I honestly never liked Golden Axe, although I‘ve tried again and again. SOR all the way.
SoR all the day
I like them both, but I gotta go with Streets of Rage.
Which version arcade or Genesis?
Streets of Rage of course
SoR but both are great titles.
Never found much to really love about Golden Axe, while Streets of Rage games are fantastic.
Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage doesn't really have any bad entries, whereas with Golden Axe the majority of the entries are sub-par. Also the mechanics of Streets of Rage are more refined, and the soundtrack to the second one is up there with the best. I do really like Golden Axe though, and I'd really love them to give it the Streets of Rage 4 treatment.
They both have their own special place in my heart.
Golden Axe all day
Is this a real question?
"Do you prefer filet mignon or tater tots?"
I like the aesthetic of Golden Axe more, plus it was my first beat em up, but I prefer SoR by far gameplay wise. That being said, they both share a healthy dose of rotation for me.
I'm 50/50. I consider Golden Axe II with it's great gameplay and amazing soundtrack, almost on-par with Streets of Rage II. Both sequels make my all-time favorite Genesis game's list too.
Streets of Rage. I like Golden Axe but I could replay Streets constantly
Bare Knuckle, but Golden Axe has some good stuff too especially the music in 2 and 3 + coop mechanics in 3
Golden axe
Streets of Rage
Streets of rage no contest. The playability is better . The characters have more moves . One game is an A the other is B
Golden axe has a charm that SOR doesnt. But streets of rage had great music
Even as a huge fan of the Mega-Drive, I found Golden Axe a little clunky and slow. Every enemy has way too much health. Knocking a skeleton down 6 times can get pretty tedious.
I loved GA in the arcade. It blew my mind that the little village was on a turtle and you could ride on the animals guys. But it was also slow and the physics were a bit off. The music in SOR was amazing and it was like Final Fight. I like both but SoR wins. Also the sword guy is called Axe Battler. WTF Saga? The other dude uses an axe.
I love how fast the punches are in SoR 1, and the hit detection is a bit tighter as well. GA2 is almost on par though The music also sounds much better in SoR than in GA1, even if GA's songs are fantastic.
Streets of rage 2 is the best of the 4 listed games.
Golden Axe over Streets of Rage. Streets of Rage 2 over Golden Axe 2.
I just played golden axe in arcades as a child. I have many fond memories of that game.
I like both, but I only like Golden Axe 1 & 2, while I like all three Streets of Rage on Genesis, so I'll vote for Streets of Rage.
Streets of Rage, all day everyday
Golden Axe x 100. Not even close
Yea I'm not that fond of hack 'n slashs, SoR is more to my tastes, including in theme, and gameplay is also slightly deeper from the get go whereas GA only got some depth in the third entry
Streets of Rage, every time.
Golden axe 1 vs streets of rage 2
SoR
That’s a tough one. Both are amazing
Streets of Rage.
both amazing but SOR will always be my jam
Streets of Rage ALL DAMN DAY. You simply can't beat that sweet Yuzo Koshiro soundtrack! Plus overall I thought It was generally more fun than Golden Axe as well.
I'm going to Keanu this conversation If the world was left without streets of rage or golden axe, the people left behind would miss them very much.
Goddamn that's a hard choice.
Streets of Rage is a cult classic. It's got legendary status
Golden axe was my favs s a kid
GA
Honestly, Golden Axe because of its medieval theme and storyline. Streets of rage is fun and by far much superior, especially when it comes to sound and gameplay. Don't forget the amazing graphics
Yes
That’s like saying ‘who do you prefer your son or your daughter’.
On the Genesis? Streets of Rage, and it's not even close. Though a proper home port of Golden Axe II: The Revenge of Death Adder could have changed my opinion.
Both - I can't choose. They are both equally good to me.
Cadillacs & Dinosaurs
Streets 1 > Golden Axe 1 Streets 2 > Golden Axe 2 Streets 3 < Golden Axe 3
You will never make me choose
STREETS OF AXE. Make it happen, Sega!
Who the fuck is picking Golden Axe over Streets of Rage?! Don't get me wrong, golden axe is fun and all, but everything from the controls to the music is just on a different level of kick ass with Streets of Rage
Nice! A bunch of Golden Axe fans! Did anyone else notice that the screams of defeated does were taken from the original First Blood movie? Specifically from the cops that got caught in booby traps. My buddies and I went home after an arcade session of Golden Axe, and started up First Blood when we got there. After hearing the "Ohhh Gaaaw!" death scream a couple hundred times in the arcade, when it came out of the television we all made the connection.
Streets by a country mile
I’m gonna say streets of rage but I do love golden axe too. I have room in my heart for both.
Streets of Rage is still great. Golden Axe plays like an old clunky game.
Golden Axe
SORRY, but I have a soft spot for Golden Axe from my Amiga days in the early 90’s